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A total of 200 employees are laid off in Easee, a Norwegian company producing smart EV chargers. 138 jobs are cut in Norway, 35 in Germany, 30 in the UK, 17 in the Netherlands and five in France. The job cuts were announced in parallel with a financial restructuring and CEO Jonas Helmikstøl stepping down.
The company was founded in 2018 and grew quickly, selling over 700,000 chargers before the current crisis started in March when the Swedish National Electrical Safety Board (Elsäkerhetsverket) found a potential safety issue with the company's products and imposed a sales ban in Sweden. Sales were subsequently suspended in five other countries, putting the company in a difficult financial situation.
Trade union representative Siri Raustain in Easee stated that many were expecting a restructuring and accept its necessity, but that the process is nevertheless hard for the individual employees and the organization.
Eurofound (2023), Easee, Internal restructuring in Norway, factsheet number 200406, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://apps.eurofound.europa.eu/restructuring-events/detail/200406.